Report: Keystone XL oil won’t end up in U.S. drivers’ tanks *updated*
Environmentalists fighting a controversial oil pipeline insisted today that the Canadian crude it would carry will be exported by refiners instead of remaining inside the U.S.
View ArticleExxon gets activists’ ad pulled from Fox News
Exxon Mobil Corp. successfully got an advertisement that mocked the company removed from the airwaves hours before it was set to broadcast before and after the State of the Union last week.
View ArticleEnvironmentalists: Feds overlooking climate costs of Keystone XL
As House Republicans advance legislation to expedite the Keystone XL pipeline, environmentalists on Tuesday released a new report insisting the State Department is ignoring the full climate change...
View ArticleRepublicans push bill to force Keystone XL approval
Republican lawmakers on Tuesday worked on two fronts to advance legislation that would force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.
View ArticleFossil fuel subsidies outstrip climate aid fivefold
Fossil fuel subsidies paid by industrial nations are more than five times the climate aid provided to poorer nations that need funds to reduce emissions and adapt to global warming, a study showed.
View ArticleSenator calls for end to ‘antiquated’ ban on exporting US crude
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration should immediately end an "antiquated" ban on exporting U.S. crude, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday.
View ArticleOil industry ally takes Senate committee helm
Sen. Mary Landrieu takes over the chairmanship of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, giving the Louisiana Democrat a boost in her reelection campaign and putting an oil industry ally in a...
View ArticleOil-by-rail protests planned to mark Canadian disaster
A new interactive online map of rail routes shows how oil is rumbling across the nation's train tracks, as federal regulators consider new requirements for tank cars carrying the crude and opponents...
View ArticleGreen groups: Arctic drilling ‘inconsistent’ with Obama’s climate change crusade
Arctic drilling is "inconsistent" with efforts to stay within a global carbon budget, environmentalists warn in a new report.
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